- Applications:Other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Other Food Applications, Convenience Foods
- Product Families:Alternates & Replacements, Sweeteners & Syrups, Taste & Flavor
- Ingredient Name:Luo Han Guo
- End Uses:Protein Bars, Energy Bars, Chews
MonkGold™ is Luo Han Guo extract, a natural sweetener sourced from the Luo Han Guo fruit (Monk fruit). Mogroside is the sweetening component in this extract with Mogroside V being the most abundant. Luo Han Guo provides a rounded sweetness and is approximately 250 - 400 times sweeter than sucrose with just 2 kcal per gram.